Happy Dragon Boat Festival
1.Inheritance of the Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival, together with the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, are known as the four major traditional festivals in China. The Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also have activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. In May 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; since 2008, it has been listed as a national statutory holiday. In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved its inclusion in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", and the Dragon Boat Festival became China's first festival selected as a world intangible cultural heritage.
2.The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. According to legend, Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State during the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May. Later generations also regard the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan; Cao E and Jie Zitui and other sayings. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers the ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects. It contains profound and rich cultural connotations. In the process of inheritance and development, a variety of folk customs are mixed together. Due to different regional cultures, there are customs or details. difference.
3.Food and Traditions of the Dragon Boat Festival